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- Nov 07, 2020
Firmness Quotes
Firm, not harsh.
Firmness gets applied broadly across these quotes — Cold War-era consistency credited with liberating America's European allies, a conductor's firmness in a concerto no one has since equaled, and a stance that doesn't need anything harsh to land.
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- Conveyed
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I think the firmness in one's stance can be conveyed in a different manner without being indecent or using harsh words.
- Dignity
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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.
- Consistency
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I found it marvelous that the great supporters of America in Europe are, of course, those countries that American consistency and firmness in the Cold War ended up liberating.
- Degree
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This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.
- Animal
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The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
- Love
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People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
- Life
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As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all.
- Enough
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
- Nothing
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Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.
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